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Edible Containers

Quick and Easy Summer Edible Containers, 1-2-3!

Container Gardening, VegetablesJuly 15, 2021gail
If you're craving homegrown goodies but lack garden space, you'll find fabulous new vegetable introductions that work wonderfully in your edible containers. While many tomatoes can grow in pots, you'll need a large, 5-gallon container to grow traditional varieties. However, with advances in breeding, new, compact varieties make the perfect addition to container gardens, even...
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Foodscaping in Containers is a great way to maximize beauty and bounty throughout the growing season. - National Garden Bureau

How to Foodscape in Containers

Container Gardening, FoodscapingJune 3, 2021gail
Foodscaping is a great way to maximize beauty and bounty throughout the growing season. The Foodscape concept is simple: combine ornamental and edible plants together. It is all about making the most of the square footage you have access to, and containers are an ideal place to start! Before you get started planting foodscape combinations,...
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Seed Facts for Informed Buyers - National Garden Bureau

Seed Facts for Informed Buyers

Seeds and Seed StartingJanuary 21, 2021diane
With the new year comes new hope: for better health, to achieve your resolutions, and for gardeners, a bigger and better garden! Gardening is at an all-time high right now, because COVID-19 put us in stay-at-home mode, and it looks like that will continue for the near future. For the millions of new gardeners out...
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Victory Garden 2.0 - #fallisforplanting Vegetables - National Garden Bureau

Victory Garden 2.0 #Fallisforplanting Vegetables

Foodscaping, Planting Tips, VegetablesAugust 21, 2020gail
Why Continue Your Victory Garden 2.0 into the Fall ... Hopefully, you are now harvesting those delicious tomatoes, peppers, and summer squash from your Victory Garden 2.0. What a great and satisfying feeling! As the cool autumn season begins its descent, you may think that the gardening season is over until next summer. But not...
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Ask The Experts: Growing Watermelon in Your Victory Garden 2.0

How-to, PlantingJune 17, 2020gail
15 How-To Questions Answered About Growing Your Own Watermelon Yes, You Can! Growing Watermelon in your Victory Garden 2.0 During the summer, watermelon is the favorite “must-have" way to beat the summer heat. Take your Victory Garden 2.0 up a notch by enjoying the fun and excitement of growing watermelon. Yum! You won't believe what...
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15 questions answered about growing strawberries in your Victory Garden 2.0 - National Garden Bureau

Ask The Experts: Growing Strawberries in Your Victory Garden 2.0

How-to, PlantingJune 3, 2020gail
15 How-To Questions Answered About Growing Your Own Strawberries Growing Strawberries in your Victory Garden 2.0 You've tackled tomatoes, peppers, and wildflowers, so now what should you add to your Victory Garden 2.0? Strawberries! Strawberries are a fun addition that can easily be grown in gardens, containers, and window boxes! Think strawberry shortcake, strawberry pie,...
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Ask An Expert about Growing Peppers for your Victory Garden 2.0

Ask The Experts: Growing Peppers in Your Victory Garden 2.0

How-to, VegetablesMay 14, 2020gail
15 Questions Answered about Growing Peppers in Your Garden Successfully Growing Peppers in Your Victory Gardens 2.0 With so many different varieties, shapes, sizes, colors, and degrees of hotness, you can imagine why peppers are a very popular and desired vegetable to add to any Victory Garden 2.0. Did you know the pepper is a...
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Victory Garden 2.0 - 10 tips for container gardens - National Garden Bureau

Plant a Container Victory Garden 2.0

Container Gardening, Planting TipsApril 8, 2020gail
Ten tips for planting a container Victory Garden 2.0 Grow a Container Victory Garden? Yes, You Can! James H. Burdett did not address container growing in The Victory Garden Manual, but times were different in 1943. Today, growing edibles in containers is probably one of the fastest emerging trends we are seeing.  Plus, with vegetable...
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Grillscaping Love Your Food, Love Your Space - National Garden Bureau

Grillscaping: Grow Food You Love in the Space You Enjoy

Foodscaping, Planning and Design, VegetablesJune 11, 2019diane
We’ve all heard the expression, “You are what you eat.” Nowadays we also want to know more about the sourcing and production processes used to grow the vegetables and fruits that we consume.  Are they organically grown?  How far did they travel to get to me?  One way to know the answers and have control...
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The Perfect Mother's Day Book for any Gardener or... from National Garden Bureau members

A Book for Every Type of Mom!

Gardening BooksApril 29, 2019diane
Looking for a great Mother’s Day gift for your mom, grandma, or another great lady in your life? We’ve got a book for her!  Whether she loves DIY, lives in a cold climate, has young kids, is into fresh herbs or is a foodie, is environmentally conscious, is contemplative or just likes a pretty garden,...
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